Hey guys! I made a change in a previous chapter that said Beca would have to come back to hospital in four weeks, well I changed it to eight weeks and that brings us to now. Our 2 month time jump!
This chapter is like 7,350 words so I hope you have fun reading and I look forward to what you think!
It's All About Finding Yourself - Chapter 24
The end of November marked a number of things. Thanksgiving was over which meant that it was only under a month till Christmas (They were still kids at heart, okay?) Also the weekend before had been the first basketball game of the season which the boys won. The Saturday coming up was sectionals for the glee club and one of the most important things about the end of November was that Beca and Chloe had been happily dating for two and a half months without even a squabble between them.
There was one thing though that wasn't all happy and jolly. Beca had went back to the hospital after eight weeks and found out that the cyst had in fact gotten bigger. This is how Beca found herself in a hospital bed instead of school, waiting on Dr Holden coming back to tell her they were ready for surgery. Her father and grandmother were the only ones at the hospital with her, Dr Mitchell took the day off work so he could be there with her when she wakes up from the anesthetic. Jesse was the only other person who knew that Beca was going into surgery and it took all his heart not to tell Chloe at school, or anyone else for that matter but especially Chloe.
"I'm just going to get a coffee. Do you want one Mom?" Dr Mitchell announced as he stood up with a stretch.
"No thank you honey." He left the room and Beca turned to her grandmother.
"Grandma I'm scared." Beca let out a shaky breath. It was hard to admit feelings of fear to anyone else but her grandma wasn't one of them.
"Don't worry about it darling, you'll be perfectly fine." She assured, taking her granddaughter's hand in her own.
Beca's phone started ringing beside her and the said girl groaned. "Chloe will you just piss off?" She grumbled, throwing her head back into the pillow.
"Are you two fighting?" Her grandmother asked with concern.
"No she just won't stop calling me." Beca let out a frustrated breath and picked up her phone, she was right it was her girlfriend calling.
"She'll be worried about you."
Beca's eyes darted around the room before they rolled back into her head with an annoyed sigh. "Chloe what is it?" Beca didn't mean to sound as pissed off as she did, there were too many things going on in her mind right now.
"Where are you? Why aren't you at school?"
"I'm at home, I'm not feeling well." Beca lied, adding a cough for believability.
"I already went to your house, no one's home."
"Maybe I don't feel like answering the door when I'm not fucking feeling well?" Beca snapped through gritted teeth.
"What the hell? Don't lie to me Beca."
"Would you just get off my back, I swear to god I can't even have a minute to myself without you fucking breathing down my neck!" Beca slammed her fist into the bed beside her, frustrated tears began to stream down her face.
"You know what?"
"What?" Chloe cut off the line without answering Beca making the brunette rip the phone away from her ear and throw it across the room. Beca suddenly felt glad that Chloe had bought her that phone case that meant it couldn't be smashed so easily. "What the hell have I done?" The guilt finally coursed through Beca's body as she held her head in her hands.
"Beca honey why didn't you tell her where you really are?"
"I didn't want her to worry and now she's going to think I hate her being all clingy and will never talk to me again." Beca wiped the tears away from her eyes and turned to her grandmother.
"She will understand sweetheart, she probably only hung up to let you cool off because we all know what you're like." The girl smiled ever so slightly at her grandmother's words. Before they could say anything else, Dr Mitchell returned with Dr Holden and a couple of other doctors.
"We're ready to take you through to surgery now, Beca." The said girl's heart jumped up into her throat but she put on a brave face as she got wheeled down the corridors with her dad and grandma by her side until they reached the point they couldn't no more.
Looking around certainly didn't put Beca at ease, she was now surrounded by half covered faces. Although Dr Holden's mouth and nose was covered too, Beca could recognise the woman's voice as she spoke. "This might cause a little discomfort Beca but it'll be over in a second." Dr Holden gave Beca's hand a gentle squeeze and the girl looked at her other hand that was getting the IV injected. "Now count back from ten for me."
Beca let her head fall back and focused on Dr Holden's voice and eyes. "Ten. Nine. Eight...Seven." Before she knew it her eyelids fluttered closed and was knocked unconscious.
Beca woke to familiar humming. She cracked her eyes open and all she could see was a hand intertwined with her one that lay on the bed limp. It wasn't just any hand though, it was the hand she adored the most. Chloe's. Chloe's right hand was Beca's favourite, the fact that she never took her thumb ring off, the fact that it was the wrist in which she wore her bisexuality pride wristband (She had also added a lesbian pride one to the mix recently, of course giving one to Beca.) But most of all it was the side in which she had her tattoo and the scar from her past.
Since Beca didn't even have to look up to confirm who it was, she decided to speak up. "What are you doing here?" Her voice was slightly hoarse. She lifted her head up so she could see the redhead's face that was looking down at her phone but instantly lifted it after hearing Beca.
"You're awake." There was a sparkle in Chloe's eyes as she smiled slightly. An awkward silence cast over the girls which was unusual because the two could talk for the whole of America.
"I'm sorry-" They both burst out in unison.
"No I should've-" She spoke together again, cutting one another off.
"I'm sorry I shouldn't have kept calling you like that when you were obviously stressed." Chloe said softly, brushing Beca's hair out of her face with the hand that wasn't still clutching onto Beca's.
"No I should've told you what was going on, you're my girlfriend and have a right to know." Beca replied, reaching her free hand up to stroke Chloe's cheek. "I hate shouting at you like that." She confessed quietly.
"Don't worry about it, it's all forgotten about now." Chloe reassured placing a sweet kiss on Beca's lips.
"How did you eventually find out anyway?" Beca asked as they broke apart. Chloe sighed.
"Well when I hung up, I was in the choir room and couldn't stop crying because I was confused as to why you weren't telling me the truth. Jesse came in and saw me crying so he hugged me and asked me what was wrong - by the way, your whole family just must be amazing huggers because he managed to make me stop crying and talk. Well after I explained he told me that you didn't want me to know that you were getting surgery and I instantly felt bad so then I went to the nurse, faked that I didn't feel well and got sent home but I came straight here." Chloe explained and Beca couldn't help but smile, she was the luckiest girl in the world having someone who cared about her as much as Chloe did.
"Where's my dad and grandma?" Beca asked finally noticing their absence.
"Your dad's outside talking to Dr Holden and your Grandma is in the waiting area with Jesse, Aubrey and Stacie." Chloe ran her fingers through her hair with a content sigh, feeling relieved that her and Beca talked things out.
"I take it Stacie and Aubrey are pissed for me not telling them either? Beca asked with a slight chuckle.
"Lil pissed." Chloe winked. "I've opened up to you Beca just please do me a favour and do the same thing in return."
"I promise from now on you will know everything." Beca assured pulling Chloe down to meet her lips.
Both girls pulled away with a groan as the door opened. Seriously they couldn't even count on both hands how many kisses of theirs gets cut too short. Dr Mitchell and Dr Holden both walked into the room with smiles across their faces making Beca furrow her brow.
"How are you feeling Beca?" Dr Holden asked, placing a hand on Beca's shoulder.
"Fine. Just a little tired and hungry." Beca replied, running her hand down her face.
"Any pain?"
"A little."
"Well we've given you pain killers so it shouldn't be that bad." The woman smiled. "You'll be glad to hear that the surgery was a success and we found absolutely nothing cancerous." She beamed and Beca smiled with relief.
"When can I go home?" Beca asked, shimmying herself up so she was sitting, wincing a little in pain that came from her abdomen.
"We're going to give you something light to eat, get you dressed and you should be good to go home tonight. You will have to take it easy so I suggest taking a couple of days off school." Dr Holden explained and Beca was glad that she was going to get to go home the same day. "I'll be back soon with something for you to eat, your dad's got your clothes so you can get dressed now if you like but you might need a hand."
"I've got Chloe." Beca shrugged and her girlfriend nodded with a smile. Dr Holden gave an understanding nod and left the room.
"I'll leave you girls to get ready, I'll go and tell everyone you're awake." Dr Mitchell set the pile of clothes on his daughter's lap before he also left the room.
"I think I can manage my underwear myself." Beca chuckled slightly as she threw the covers back and slowly swung her legs over the side of the bed. Standing up felt weird for Beca so she steadied herself on the stand next to the bed.
Chloe gave Beca the respect she deserved and turned away. After two and a half months they were still waiting to take their relationship a step further.
Beca managed to pull her underwear on whilst still wearing the hospital gown before dropping the said gown so she could put her bra on. She managed to push the straps onto her shoulders but when she reached around to clip it, the strain on her arms also strained her abdomen slightly causing her to hiss in pain. "Fuck."
"You alright?" Chloe asked, turning her head to be met with Beca's bare back.
"Can you help me fasten this?"
"Of course." Chloe got up and took the two loose ends of Beca's bra and fastened them together. Chloe ran her arms down Beca's arms before turning her around to face her. "Looks like we've both been in the wars." Chloe said, holding her right wrist up against her girlfriend's scar from the surgery.
Beca smiled before taking her girlfriend's face between her hands and kissing her softly on the lips.
Chloe reached past the brunette and grabbed the tank top that was on the bed. She pulled the top over Beca's head gently and helped her get her arms through trying to keep the pain to a minimum.
"I feel like I'm five." Beca pouted as she leaned on her girlfriend as she got help putting her jeans on.
"It's either this or watching you struggle in pain." Chloe chuckled, standing upright as Beca fastened her jeans herself.
"Is it just me or is it freezing in here?" Beca asked, folding her arms tightly as a shiver shocked through her body.
"It's just you, baby." Chloe laughed giving her girlfriend and playful slap on her cheek before shaking her hoodie off of her arms, holding it open for Beca to stick her arms in the sleeves.
"Oh my god it's so warm." Chloe giggled at the way Beca hugged her arms around herself, sitting back onto the bed. The redhead didn't feel the chill of the room herself until she handed her hoodie to Beca but she didn't have the heart to ask for it back because her girlfriend looked so adorable wearing it.
The next again day, the only person missing from glee club was Beca and Mr McKay wondered why because she didn't show up the day before either. "Hey guys does anyone know where Beca is?" He asked with concern, grabbing the teenager's attention.
"Uh that's what I was going to talk to you about." Jesse spoke up. "I think we might need to slightly alter the set list for Saturday. You see Beca can't dance."
"How come?" Mr McKay asked slowly as he hopped up onto the piano.
"She had surgery to remove a cyst from her ovary so she's still a bit sore." Chloe informed him and his eyes grew wide.
"Is she okay?"
"Yeah she's good. She just didn't want anyone worrying about her so she didn't tell anyone." Jesse nodded.
"Okay so maybe the first song should be a solo for Beca?" Mr McKay suggested.
"As always." Rachael muttered with an eye roll but just got ignored.
"Yeah but what song?" Stacie asked.
"Do you want me to call her?" Chloe offered Mr McKay as she pulled her phone out.
"Yeah." He replied and Chloe tapped on Beca's number, hitting speaker phone as it dialled the number and rung multiple times.
"Hello?"
"Hey babe, I didn't wake you up did I?" Chloe could feel all eyes on her.
"Kinda but I'm due painkillers so don't worry about it." Chloe loved Beca's voice when she had just woken up, it was slightly lower and she talked a lot slower too.
"I'll make this quick then, you're on speaker, Mr McKay wants to talk to you."
"Uh okay."
"Hi Beca."
"Hi."
"I hope you're feeling better and we'll let you go in a minute but we're having to switch our set list around a little for Saturday since you're still recovering. I'm going to give the first song as a solo and it's totally up to you what you want to sing." Everyone awaited silently for Beca to answer.
"Okay uhm...How about Take Me To Church since it's been the song that I've been teaching myself to play on guitar." Beca offered.
"Sounds great Beca, when will you be back in school?" Mr McKay asked.
"Uh tomorrow maybe." Listening to Beca's voice made Chloe want to just go to her house and cuddle her, she sounded so adorable and sexy at the same time.
"Okay that's great and we all hope you feel better soon."
"Thank you." Chloe had to suppress a laugh because she could tell by her girlfriend's voice that she just wanted to go back to sleep.
"I'll come by after school, babe. I love you." Chloe said sweetly down the line.
"Love you too, bye Chlo." Beca replied followed by a yawn before the line cut off.
"Two months later and you guys are still winning at life." Stacie cooed.
"Okay guys we need a group number. What do we have that other show choir's don't?" Mr McKay asked but before anyone could answer he answered his own question. "Insanely talented dancers!" He exclaimed, pointing especially to Jesse and Stacie before turning the projector on. "Now I managed to find this old gem." He walked over and hit the lights before hitting play on his laptop.
The opening notes of Halo by Beyonce played and Jesse and Stacie smiled at each other. The video was of Jesse and Stacie's final performance in one of their dance competitions.
"Oh my god you guys dance so beautifully." Chloe commented, captivated by the emotion Jesse and Stacie put into the song.
"Exactly and that's why we should showcase that at sectionals. I was thinking Chandelier by Sia, quite vocally demanding to I think Aubrey, Chloe would you be up for singing it?" Mr McKay asked hopefully, clasping his hands together as he eyed the two girls who glanced at each other before nodded.
"Sure." They replied in unison.
"Great. Okay guys now that's out of the way, we have a more serious problem." Mr McKay pulled a stool over and sat in front of the kids with a straight face. "Principal Hastings has cut our costume budget and gave the basketball team the money for their new uniform this season."
"What?!" Stacie shrieked. "What the hell are we supposed wear to sectionals? Your team is so stupid!" She glared at the three boys in the room that were part of the basketball team.
"It's not our fault." Luke said in defence.
"Guys don't start a fight, I need you all to cooperate here." Mr McKay said calmly.
"Why don't we just come up with a set outfit we were every performance?" Jesse suggested with a shrug and Mr McKay nodded.
"Which we still need money for so yeah that's a great idea." Rachael scoffed. Jesse rolled his eyes at the blonde before leaning back in his seat with a defeated sigh.
"Well I'm sure we can all chip in." Aubrey spoke up.
"That's easy for you to say when all you have to do is dip into daddy's credit card." Bumper shot back and Mr McKay held his head in his hand, they were doing so well over the past two months and now when a problem pops up they slip back into their old habits.
"Hey!" Jesse scolded, turning around in his chair to face Bumper.
"Guys!" Chloe yelled over everyone, creating silence as she stood up and turned around. "We shouldn't be fighting about this, we're a member down, we've had a sudden change in set list and now we need to figure out costumes. Yeah it's pretty stressful but we aren't going to get anything done if we're just yelling at each other!" She shifted her eyes from person to person. "Okay we have the set list done, that's fine." She lowered the volume of her voice as she continued. "About the costumes, look around you, what are we all wearing?"
"Our uniform?"
"Exactly, but what are ninety percent of us also wearing?" Chloe continued, motioning down her body. "Think of Beca like everyday of her life."
"Black jeans and a hoodie." Jesse chuckled.
"Chloe you're a genius." Stacie stood up, pointing at the redhead before grabbing a piece of paper and a pen off the piano. Mr McKay just sat back in amusement, watching how the girls would handle this. "Now we should keep the shirt and tie. That means we don't have to spend money on that and plus it shows what school we're from." Stacie explained and everyone got up and gathered around the piano to watch her sketch out a person. Stacie was actually a good drawer but her art teacher disliked her only because she would rather spend her time drawing clothes for design instead of drawing fruit. "We all own a pair of black skinny jeans right?" She looked around at everybody before drawing a pair of jeans onto the model after receiving echoes of 'Yeah's'. "As for hoodies, since our school colours are maroon, black and gold, we should all have a maroon hoodie and on the back we should have the letters 'Barden Majors' in black with a gold outline." Everybody started imagining the idea, praising Stacie for her quick thinking. "And of course the whole outfit can be topped off with a maroon pair of converse. Overall we will all be comfortable and will be able to dance easily."
"How do you expect to get your fancy letters onto the hoodie?" Rachael quirked an eyebrow at the taller girl, placing her hand on her hip.
"I take fashion and textiles, I know how to use a sewing machine but Aubrey's right, we are going to have to chip in a little for the hoodies and shoes."
"This is the glee club I know." Mr McKay had a grin stretched across his face. "See what you guys can achieve when you all come together?!"
"They were amazing! I mean out of thin air, Chloe and Stacie came up with this perfect uniform, if you will, that they can wear to every performance!" Mr McKay gushed. He was sitting in the faculty base at lunchtime with two of his closest Co workers, Jake Bateman (The basketball coach) and Lily James (The school's guidance counselor)
Coach Bateman was an intimidating man, he had short dark hair - starting to grey slightly - and he always seemed to have an annoyed expression on his face but Mr McKay always seemed to put up with him.
Miss James on the other hand was adored by the kids at the school. She was blonde, beautiful and ages with Mr McKay (twenty-eight) But the kids loved her so much because she was so lovely and sweet and she was really easy to talk to which made her the perfect guidance counselor.
"That's amazing Martin, is that them all ready for sectionals then?" Miss James asked enthusiastically whereas Coach Bateman sat back with an eye roll.
"Yeah we've had to readjust our set list but I think it's gonna be great." Mr McKay took out a folded piece of paper and slid it across the table. Miss James unfolded the paper and Coach Bateman curiously sat forward.
"So Beca's singing Take Me To Church and then Aubrey and Chloe singing Chandelier? Sounds great." The blonde smiled, handing the piece of paper back. "How are Chloe and Beca doing anyway? No more trouble around school?"
"From what I can see yeah, they're doing okay. They're great for each other, Chloe is just what Beca needed to set her in the right direction." Mr McKay smiled softly as he thought about how happy the two girls were together.
"That's good to hear, tell them to come see me if they need any help with anything. The rest of the kids too." Miss James smiled as she clasped her hands together on top of the table.
"I will do."
"Are you guys driving the bus to sectionals?" She asked.
"Yeah, why?"
"Have you ever chaperoned a trip out with a class that Aubrey and Beca are part of?" She asked in slight amusement. "I used to be a chaperone for outings the Music Academy made."
"No I haven't, should I be worried?" Me McKay chuckled slightly.
"Uh no, just make sure you seat both of them at front of the bus. Both of them are prone to travel sickness so I'd just keep an eye on them if I were you." Miss James explained with a wink.
"Well thanks for the warning because we don't want a repeat of the alcohol awareness assembly."
"Okay before we get on the bus I just want to say a few things." Mr McKay stood in front of the teenagers who were all huddling together because since it was getting into winter, it was getting colder. "I just want to say thanks to you guys for allowing this dream of mine to come true. Now it may not feel like it just yet but the show choir will be the top of the school someday especially with the talent of you guys. We're already becoming this big family and I'm so proud of you guys. Now let's go to sectionals and win this thing!"
Everyone cheered and began piling onto the bus. "Aubrey, Beca I talked to Miss James and apparently you guys get travel sick? So if you want to sit as close to the front and just tell me of you need me to pull over okay?" The two girls nodded at Mr McKay. Beca and Chloe took the two seats behind the driver's seat and Jesse and Aubrey sat on the opposite side.
Only fifteen minutes of the journey past when Beca started to feel a bit nauseous. "You okay honey?" Chloe asked as she placed her hand on Beca's knee to stop it from bouncing up and down.
"Not really." Beca said honestly. She looked over to her right and saw that Aubrey had fallen asleep leaning on Jesse. Lucky for some.
"C'mere." Chloe draped her arm around Beca's shoulders and pulled the brunette into her.
Beca settled her head on Chloe and slid her hand over the redhead's stomach, under her hoodie. "Can I have a drink of you water, babe?" Beca asked quietly.
"Sure." Chloe grabbed her water bottle that was sitting next to her and handed it to Beca who sat up to take a drink. The blonde across from them sat up like a bolt, grabbing the their attention.
"You alright?" Jesse asked, brushing his girlfriend's hair out of her pale face. "Are you gonna be sick?" He asked and Aubrey only nodded. "Mr McKay can we pull over?" He added quickly.
"No problem." The bus came to a stop and the doors opened, Aubrey quickly getting herself off before the sound of her vomiting could be heard which made Jesse get up off his seat and check on her.
Beca groaned as she stood up, tossing Chloe's water bottle onto the seat before removing her glasses. "You gonna throw up too?" Chloe asked, standing up and placing a hand on her girlfriend's shoulder.
"Mhm." Beca hummed in response before making a quick exit off the bus. Beca only had to see Aubrey throw up before she hunched over herself.
"You're okay." Chloe assured, making sure Beca's hair was out of the way whilst she rubbed the said girl's back.
"I can't believe we've only been dating for a couple of months and you've already seen me vomit multiple times." Beca whined once she had finally finished, standing upright and accepting the water bottle off of Chloe. Chloe laughed, letting Beca rinse her mouth out before pulling her in for a hug. "Why am I cursed so many ways in life?"
Chloe shook her head with a chuckle as she followed her girlfriend back onto the bus.
"You girls good?" Mr McKay asked when they had returned to their seats. The replied with weak hums rather than words.
Beca threw her hood up and covered her eyes with it before leaning back into Chloe.
"As adorable as you look, take this before you rest your pukey little head back on me." Chloe held a mint out in Beca's direction and she gladly took it, popping it into her mouth. Chloe pulled Beca's phone out of the girl's pocket. Beca would've usually flip if someone took her phone without permission but it was Chloe and she really couldn't protest against anything the redhead said or did.
"What're you doing?" Beca asked, not even lifting the hood covering her eyes to look at what the redhead was up to.
"Well first of all, taking a picture because you look so cute cuddled up against me when you can't see your eyes and then I'm going to put some music on, okay?" Chloe explained, snapping the picture of her and Beca before pulling her earphones out of her pocket and plugging them in, handing one of the buds to Beca. Chloe started scrolling through her girlfriend's music library before Beca spoke up.
"Put on the queen." Beca mumbled.
"Huh?"
"I'll have you know, I have this embarrassingly big musical crush on Beyoncé." Beca laughed at herself slightly. Chloe shouldn't be surprised, Beca's taste in music did have a really far range.
"Who doesn't?" Chloe scoffed, finding the playlist Beca had made of just Beyoncé songs and hit play.
The group were waiting outside of the auditorium as Mr McKay signed them in.
"Long time no see, weirdo." Beca spun around on her heel as a familiar voice could be heard from behind her.
"Woah." Beca commented, rather lost for words as she came face to face with her younger cousin, smiling up at her from his wheelchair. "Dude what're you doing here?" She finally asked, leaning down to give Caleb a hug.
"Your dad felt bad for not being able to make it so he asked us to come and support all of you." Beca and Jesse's uncle Daniel appeared and stood behind his son as he informed Beca of their presence.
"Caleb!" Stacie squealed, grabbing Jesse and Aubrey's attention as she ran over and hugged the boy tightly.
"Hey what's up little dude?" Jesse asked giving Caleb a fist bump. After everyone had finally finished their hugs Beca decided to introduce them to Chloe.
"Caleb, Uncle Dan, uh this is my girlfriend Chloe." Beca slid her arm around Chloe's waist, pulling her closer.
Daniel gave Beca a smile as if to say 'I'm proud of you' which made Beca smile back in a thank you sort of way.
"I've heard a lot about you Caleb." Chloe winked down at the fourteen year old.
"Oh god." Caleb groaned in Beca's direction.
"All good things child, chill out." Beca teased, ruffling his hair much to his annoyance.
"Well aren't you all cute with your matching hoodies." Caleb laughed, grabbing Beca's hand and pulling her down to sit on his lap.
Chloe watched on in awe, the way the two interacted she could tell that they were the best of friends. You would almost mistake Caleb for being ages with Beca because he seemed really mature for his age.
"So what are you singing?" The young boy asked.
"Well we're starting of with me singing Take Me To Church and then Chloe and Aubrey are singing Chandelier." Beca replied.
"Okay guys, it's time for us to go inside." Mr McKay announced and Beca got up off of Caleb.
"Good luck" Caleb smiled.
"Thanks buddy."
"Why did we have to be given the worst spot ever?" Stacie whined as she shimmied past Mr McKay to take a seat. They had all taken their assigned seats in order to watch the other two show choirs perform first.
"Stacie calm down, we'll be fine." Mr McKay assured.
"Yeah, since we go last, we'll be fresh in the judges heads." Aubrey leaned over her boyfriend to whisper to Stacie.
Silence grew over the crowd as the lights dimmed slightly. As the curtains were pulled back an all boy show choir stood together in a group.
[Show Choir Boy]
My lover's got humour
She's the giggle at a funeral...
"You're joking." Beca deadpanned before leaning forward to look at Mr McKay.
"Beca it's okay, it's a really popular song right now." Mr McKay reassured.
The next group to come up were a mixed group of girls and boys all dressed in blue. As their performance began the Barden Majors' jaws dropped because one, they were all amazing dancers all and two,
[Show Choir Girl]
Party girls don't get hurt
Can't feel anything, when will I learn
I push it down, push it down...
"We are so screwed." Stacie whined, glancing pleadingly at Mr McKay.
"Everybody meet me backstage." Mr McKay whisper yelled before he got up from his seat.
"What the hell was that?! Someone's obviously leaked our set list!" Jesse ran his fingers through his hair out of frustration.
"And we all know the two who didn't want to be here in the first place." Aubrey glared at Luke and Rachael who instantly fought back.
"I apologised to you and told everyone that glee club has actually made me see things in a different way so don't try and pin this on me Aubrey!" Luke snapped.
"As much as I hate to admit it, I actually like being here okay?" Rachael shot back.
"How do we figure this out?" Stacie placed her hand against her forehead.
"How many arguments am I going to need to break up this week guys? Get a grip!" Mr McKay yelled, his frustration taking over him that he quickly apologised for his outburst.
"Mr McKay just go back to your seat, I think I can handle this." Beca smirked, standing up in front of her peers.
Mr McKay hesitated for a second. "My faith in you guys has never failed me yet. I trust you Beca." And with that he left, nervous obviously because his kids literally had to come up with two new songs in such a short amount of time.
"What's the plan Mitchell?" Bumper asked. Beca looked at Chloe and gave her a knowing smirk which the redhead quickly caught on to.
"Beyoncé." The two girls said in unison.
"Next up we have, from Barden High, the Barden Majors!" The announcer announced and Beca made her way onto the stage by herself, putting the microphone in it's stand before taking a deep breath. She still had slight stage fright but she was slowly becoming more confident.
The music started to play and Beca snapped her fingers along with it.
[A/N Listen to Beyoncé's Love On Top]
[Beca]
Bring the beat in!
Honey, honey
I can see the stars all the way from here
Can't you see the glow on the window pane?
I can feel the sun whenever you're near
Every time you touch me I just melt away
Now everybody asks me why I'm smiling out from ear to ear (They say love hurts)
But I know (It's gonna take a little work)
Nothing's perfect, but it's worth it after fighting through my tears
And finally you put me first
Beca pointed to either side of her just as the chorus started and Chloe and Stacie emerged from the sides of the stage with microphones in their hands to assist Beca as her backup singers/dancers.
Baby it's you.
You're the one I love.
You're the one I need.
You're the only one I see.
Come on baby it's you.
You're the one that gives your all.
You're the one I can always call.
When I need you make everything stop.
Finally you put my love on top.
Ooh! Come on baby.
You put my love on top, top, top, top, top.
You put my love on top.
Ooh oooh! Come on baby.
You put my love on top, top, top, top, top.
My love on top.
My love on top.
Baby, Baby
I can hear the wind whipping past my face.
As we dance the night away.
Boy your lips taste like a night of champagne.
As I kiss you again, and again, and again and again.
Now everybody asks me why I'm smiling out from ear to ear (They say love hurts)
But I know (It's gonna take a little work)
Nothing's perfect, but it's worth it after fighting through my tears.
And finally you put me first.
Baby it's you.
You're the one I love.
You're the one I need.
You're the only one I see.
Come on baby it's you.
You're the one that gives your all.
You're the one I can always call.
When I need you make everything stop.
Finally you put my love on top.
Beca couldn't help but think about Chloe during the song. She was the one she loved, she was the only one she sees.
Oh! Baby.
You put my love on top, top, top, top, top.
You put my love on top.
Oh Oh! Come on baby.
You put my love on top, top, top, top, top.
My love on top.
Baby it's you.
You're the one I love.
You're the one I need.
You're the only thing I see.
Come on baby it's you.
You're the one that gives your all.
You're the one I can always call.
When I need you baby everything stops.
Finally you put my love on top.
Baby, you're the one I love.
Baby, you're all I need.
You're the only one I see.
Come on baby it's you.
You're the one that gives your all.
You're the one I can always call.
When I need you everything stops.
Finally you put my love on top
Stacie felt a slight twinge in her knee as she twisted it slightly the wrong way. She powered through but when she spun around for one of the dance moves, her right leg buckled underneath her. Beca glanced to her right and saw that Stacie was clearly in pain but she carried on, keeping all of the weight off her right leg.
Baby.
'Cause you're the one that I love.
Baby you're the one that I need.
You're the only man I see.
Baby baby it's you.
You're the one that gives your all.
You're the one I always call.
When I need you everything stops.
Finally you put my love on top
Baby.
'Cause you're the one that I love.
Baby you're the one that I need.
You're the only one I see.
Baby, baby, it's you.
You're the one that gives your all.
You're the one I always call.
When I need you everything stops.
Finally you put my love on top
Beca pointed at the ceiling as the song came to a stop and the crowd erupted into applause. "You alright?" Beca asked, placing a hand on Stacie's back.
"Ah shit." Stacie hissed. "I threw my knee out."
"Here." Chloe also wrapped her arm around Stacie's waist allowing the taller girl to drape one arm over her and the other over Beca. The two other girls helped Stacie hobble off to the rest of the group.
"Stace please tell me you can still dance?" Jesse whisper yelled.
"Does it look like I can still dance you fucking idiot." She growled through her teeth, any movement to her knee causing her pain. "Bree you're gonna have to take my place."
"What? No I don't know the choreography!" The blonde hissed in return.
"Jesse will guide you, honestly he's the best dance partner a girl could ask for."
Aubrey looked up at Jesse who was nodding, feeling quite proud of himself.
"You make me look like an idiot and I swear to god you'll be dead to me Swanson." Aubrey warned.
"You're hot when you're feisty." Jesse shot back earning himself a slap on the arm.
"Ugh you guys are so gross." Beca groaned.
Mr McKay waited anxiously on the kids returning to stage. A red flag raised in his head once he had watched Stacie hop off stage in pain, he was pretty sure she would have been part of the dance to whatever the next song Beca had picked. He had been continuously telling Stacie to take it easy when dancing because in the past with all her figure skating, gymnastics and dance classes, she was prone to injury on her right knee, resulting in her visiting a physiotherapist multiple times.
The teenagers all emerged onto the stage, Chloe, Beca and Stacie the only ones holding microphones and Jesse and Aubrey stood at the front.
Mr McKay chewed on his nail as he waited on the music to start, hoping that they had managed to get over this huge obstacle that had been thrust right in front of them.
The opening notes of Halo played and Mr McKay could only smile, of course. This time though, Stacie wasn't the one dancing with Jesse, Aubrey was. Obviously Stacie's knee was in too much pain so she and Aubrey switched places.
[Stacie]
Remember those walls I built?
Well, baby they're tumbling down
And they didn't even put up a fight
They didn't even make a sound
I found a way to let you in
But, I never really had a doubt
Standing in the light of your halo
I got my angel now
Mr McKay didn't give Stacie enough credit for her voice, she sounded beautiful up there.
It's like I've been awakened
Every rule I had you breakin'
It's the risk that I'm taking
I ain't never gonna shut you out!
[Stacie, Chloe and Beca]
Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your embrace
Baby, I can see your halo
You know you're my saving grace
You're everything I need and more
It's written all over your face
Baby, I can feel your halo
Pray it won't fade away
Mr McKay was amazed at Jesse and Aubrey, you could sense the love they had for each other just by the way they danced together.
I can feel your halo, halo, halo
I can see your halo, halo, halo
I can feel your halo, halo, halo
I can see your halo, halo...
Halo, ooh ooh...
[Chloe]
Hit me like a ray of sun
Burning through my darkest night
You're the only one that I want
Think I'm addicted to your light
I swore I'd never fall again
But this don't even feel like falling
Gravity can't forget to pull me back to the ground again
He chuckled slightly at Chloe's solo because the redhead couldn't help herself but sneak glances at Beca. The two girls were seriously drunk on each other.
And It's like I've been awakened
Every rule I had you breakin'
It's the risk that I'm taking
I'm never gonna shut you out!
[Stacie, Chloe and Beca]
Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your embrace
Baby, I can see your halo
You know you're my saving grace
You're everything I need and more
It's written all over your face
Baby, I can feel your halo
I pray it won't fade away
I can feel your halo, halo, halo
I can see your halo, halo, halo
I can feel your halo, halo, halo
I can see your halo, halo...
Halo, ooh ooh...
I can feel your halo, halo, halo
I can see your halo, halo, halo
I can feel your halo, halo, halo
I can see your halo, halo...
Halo, ooh ooh...
Halo, ooh ooh...
Halo, ooh ooh, oh...
Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your embrace
Baby, I can see your halo
You know you're my saving grace
You're everything I need and more
It's written all over your face
Baby, I can feel your halo
Pray it won't fade away
I can feel your halo, halo, halo
I can see your halo, halo, halo
I can feel your halo, halo, halo
I can see your halo, halo...
Halo, ooh oh...
I can feel your halo, halo, halo
I can see your halo, halo, halo
I can feel your halo, halo, halo
I can see your halo, halo...
Halo, ooh oh...
Mr McKay was the first out of his seat, clapping and cheering crazily. He was tearing up slightly because he was so proud of them, the looks on their faces at the reaction from the crowd was priceless. This is why he took this job.
The all boy group had earned themselves third place which meant that the Majors and the insanely good dance group were left up on the stage.
The whole group were connected by hands as they hoped and prayed that they would be walking away with that trophy.
"And the winners of this year's sectionals competition..." The announcer said as he opened up the envelope. "...Barden High's Barden Majors!"
"Oh my god! This was all you!" Chloe squealed as she threw her arms around Beca. It was true, Beca had came up with the last minute ideas and pieced them all together.
"Go get your trophy captain." Jesse shook Beca by the shoulders before pushing her in the direction of the announcer who held the trophy out eagerly to her.
"Captain?" Beca asked in confusion.
"Captain?" Aubrey and Stacie challenged Jesse who just shrugged. Beca took the trophy and held it up making everyone cheer and crowd around her.
Jesse and Luke unexpectedly came up behind the short brunette and took a leg each, hoisting her up onto their shoulders which a squeal. "I just want you to know, I am so not captain material." Beca said down to Jesse.
Okeydokey this is too long for a specific question so just tell me everything you loved (or hated) about it!
Also it's a bit overdue but a visual aid for Mr McKay is Ian Harding, Pretty Little Liars anyone? And for Miss James, Blake Lively